At about 2:30 in the morning I decided to treat myself to some new music, so I ordered 3 CDs from Walmart. They should be at my house anywhere from 5 to 10 days.I ordered a new portable CD player a few hours before that as well. It should arrive at my house in the same amount of time.

The CDs are:

Floating by Eloy

I've never heard anything by Eloy, but they looked really good and I've been wanting to try some new things too.

Agents of Fortune by Blue Oyster Cult

I love Blue Oyster Cult! This will be my 3rd album by them.

Freak Out! by Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention

I've never heard anything by them, but they look really good, they seem pretty weird (always a bonus!), and I've had several people that know me really well recommend them to me.

Over the past few weeks I've been buying some cheap CD's I've come across in thrift stores. Some I'm sort of familiar with or know what I'm getting in to and the rest are on impulse and the results vary. All of these were from $0.50 to $1.50:

I've heard only a little of Weird Al, but I like what I have heard enough to order a CD! I also saw his movie (UHF) which also increased my desire to get a CD.

Decent album overall, but I'm a bit biased as I have all his albums, cheesy compilations included. One suggestion: if you can find it, grab The Essential Weird Al Yankovic. It's relatively cheap, coming in around $15 (various stores have it cheaper), and it's a 2 disc compilation of a cross of his best known parodies: "Eat It", "Smells Like Nirvana", "Lasagna", "White and Nerdy", as well as some of his best known Non-Parodies: "You Don't Love Me Anymore", "Dare to Be Stupid", "Pancreas", and "Bob."

I've heard only a little of Weird Al, but I like what I have heard enough to order a CD! I also saw his movie (UHF) which also increased my desire to get a CD.

Decent album overall, but I'm a bit biased as I have all his albums, cheesy compilations included. One suggestion: if you can find it, grab The Essential Weird Al Yankovic. It's relatively cheap, coming in around $15 (various stores have it cheaper), and it's a 2 disc compilation of a cross of his best known parodies: "Eat It", "Smells Like Nirvana", "Lasagna", "White and Nerdy", as well as some of his best known Non-Parodies: "You Don't Love Me Anymore", "Dare to Be Stupid", "Pancreas", and "Bob."

Thanks for the information! I've heard about The Essential Weird Yankovic and it looks really nice, but when I first buy an artist's CDs I like to start with non-compilation albums. Still I've heard it has some new stuff so I'll look it into it.

I've heard only a little of Weird Al, but I like what I have heard enough to order a CD! I also saw his movie (UHF) which also increased my desire to get a CD.

Decent album overall, but I'm a bit biased as I have all his albums, cheesy compilations included. One suggestion: if you can find it, grab The Essential Weird Al Yankovic. It's relatively cheap, coming in around $15 (various stores have it cheaper), and it's a 2 disc compilation of a cross of his best known parodies: "Eat It", "Smells Like Nirvana", "Lasagna", "White and Nerdy", as well as some of his best known Non-Parodies: "You Don't Love Me Anymore", "Dare to Be Stupid", "Pancreas", and "Bob."

Thanks for the information! I've heard about The Essential Weird Yankovic and it looks really nice, but when I first buy an artist's CDs I like to start with non-compilation albums. Still I've heard it has some new stuff so I'll look it into it.

The second disc has stuff from his '99, '03 and '06 releases. As much as I like Al's work, I generally suggest a compilation to people, as most people aren't 'hardcore' fans of him like myself and a few others, and they can only take so much of his output. The compilation's have the best-written stuff, as some cd's have a few songs that are not-so-good.

I won't say that I will definitely become a hardcore fan, but I have a very broad range of comedic tastes ranging from very clever and witty to very corny and stupid, so I feel confident I'll be more into him than most people.

I also feel admiration for Weird Al as it's pretty cool how he managed to make a living!